Whananaki bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Whananaki bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whananaki bar sea temperature is
21.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whananaki bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki bar at 4PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Whananaki bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
E
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1010991099101010101012111111101010913131010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)767470674839385138383836776968454239383583613333
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
2.12
9:10PM
2.00
9:32AM
2.13
9:54PM
2.02
10:13AM
2.10
10:37PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
0.17
3:20AM
0.14
3:49PM
0.14
4:04AM
0.17
4:29PM
0.14
4:45AM
0.22
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:57-------7:54-------7:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151718181514141415171818171515151619181917161515
Feels °C (?)101415151313131315151617161314141518161816151414
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